<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Anthony Hughes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahughes@mozilla.com" target="_blank">ahughes@mozilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">On 19 August 2015 at 08:22, Judah Richardson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:judahrichardson@gmail.com" target="_blank">judahrichardson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Anthony Hughes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahughes@mozilla.com" target="_blank">ahughes@mozilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>First, you should always check <a href="http://support.mozilla.org" target="_blank">support.mozilla.org</a> to see if your problem has a solution. I did a quick search for "no sound with flash" and found this article, <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues" target="_blank">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues</a>. We also have some basic troubleshooting guides on this site that you should always follow as a first step.<br></div><div><br>Aside from that, here are some things you can try:<br>1) Test other Flash videos to confirm it's not a problem with the specific video you're trying to play<br></div></div></blockquote></span><div>I did. Nothing that uses Flash has working audio.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Make sure you're using the latest Flash version and that Flash has not erroneously been muted (either in your system audio settings or Flash's audio settings. Nightly also has settings for muting a tab and async plugin initialization. <br><br>Try changing the following pref:<br><pre>dom.ipc.plugins.asyncInit => false</pre></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Tried that, no luck :/ Any other ideas? <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> <br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>2) Test other types of videos to confirm it's not just Flash video<br></div></div></blockquote></span><div>HTML5 video audio works just fine.<br> <br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>3) Test other applications to confirm it's not an audio issue on your system<br></div></div></blockquote></span><div>All other apps do audio just fine.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>This could be indicative of a Firefox bug.<br> <br></div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> <br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>4) Test Nightly with a new profile to confirm its not your profile that's causing the problem<br></div></div></blockquote></span><div>Starting with a new profile in Firefox on Windows is pretty obtuse. If Mozilla wants this to be taken seriously as a troubleshooting method there should be an easy menu option as there is for restarting with add-ons disabled.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>The UX could always be improved which is why we've set up documentation on MDN and SUMO to guide users through the troubleshooting process. It's not a replacement for better UX but it's the least we can do at this time. That said, this is exactly the thing you should be reporting to bugzilla, probably as a feature request to the about:support page.<br> <br></div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>5) Test other Firefox branches (release, beta, aurora) to confirm its an issue in Nightly<br></div><div>6) Test old Nightly versions to confirm its a regression<br></div><div>7) Run mozregression to track down the range<br></div><div>8) File a bug once you've found the regression window<br></div></div></blockquote></span><div>I do the above only if I'm the only person having the issue for a long time (usually weeks on end). <br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>You shouldn't be waiting to see if other users have the same issue, and certainly not for weeks on end. We've provided these tools so that users like you can report issues; you should get in the habit of using these tools. This is something we expect from all who sign up to be Nightly testers.<br></div><div><br></div></div><span class="">-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Anthony Hughes<br></div>Senior Quality Engineer<br>Mozilla Corporation<br></div></div>
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